Decide: de = 'OFF' + caedere = 'CUT'
You already decide every moment of your life
Better Human,
You are what you decide you are. And you will never be more or less than that.
That decision isn’t one you make one day after reading your favorite newsletter though.
It’s a decision you make each day in every situation.
Who you associate with.
The information you consume.
How you respond to petty inconveniences and big ones.
How you spend money.
How you invest.
What you get angry at.
How much you move and sit on a given day.
What you let your mind do.
Your every decision is who you are.
That should be empowering since you can decide right now to not be shackled to your past self.
It will become empowering only when you let go of that past self and its fears and perceptions. Then you will become who you want to become.
Decide comes from the latin decidere, which is a combination of two words: de = 'OFF' + caedere = 'CUT'
Cut off your past and become whatever you want.
Few think unique thoughts.
Most think like zombies.
Those on the way to thinking for themselves are stuck using the way society thinks as the reference point. So even then their thoughts are anchored to thoughts outside themselves.
Have you ever considered why you want what you want and if that’s even what you really want?
I was watching the movie Star Wars recently and wondered what made that movie so good. Of course, there are a thousand reasons. But I also noticed that if I paused the DVD on any frame, I could point toward any major character and say exactly what that person wanted. No character had a vague ambition. It made me wonder if the reasons our lives seem so muddled is because we keep walking into scenes in which we, along with the people around us, have no clear idea what we want.
-Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Can you know what you want if you don’t know who you are?
Isn't knowing who you are knowing what you want?
One of my principles for life
To only be me and act accordingly.
Whenever I make shit decisions, I'm operating from a place outside of myself.
I’ve tapped into my knowing enough times, and the opposite plenty, to know it comes from within.
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